Chitral: A national conference on economic development of Chitral was organised by Chitral Chamber of Commerce. The conference was held at the University of Chitral Auditorium and richly participated by concerned stake holders. The moving force and spirit behind the conference was founder president Chamber of commerce Sartaj Ahmad Khan.

The conference was spread over three sessions. Nizam Ali, Bashir Ahmad, Sajad Ali, Dr Bilqis, Israruddin Saboor, Muhammad Amin and Dr Yasser Arafat presented papers on the subject while Muslim ul Haq, Iftikhar Ahmad, Shahzada Maqsood ul Mulk,Haji Ghulam Ali, Molana Abdul Akbar MNA, Abdul Rahman, Muhammad Ataur Rahman,Fazal Elahi ex minister, Anwar Khan ex MPA, Humayun Khan ex MPA, Asad Mahmood WB rep, Badshah Munir PD Chitral University, Wazir Zada MPA, Maghfirat Sa Dist Nazim, Comdt Chitral Scouts, Col Moinuddin , DC lower Chitral Naveed Ahmad and DPO lower Chitral Waseem Riaz reflected their views on the presented papers.

Crux of the views put forward by speakers was that Chitral had vast potential for hydel, mineral and tourism development , and these areas must be harnessed and put to best use for Chitral’s betterment. .. CN report, photo credit dailychitral.com, 21 Aug 2019.